Katia Nunez
Senior Cyber Security Specialist I | GCIH | GSEC
- Role
- Senior Cyber Threat Response Analyst at Walgreens
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Katia Nunez
Security Operations and Incident Response analyst with 8+ years experience investigating alerts, analyzing security events, and responding to threats using SIEM and EDR platforms. Strong background in threat hunting, log analysis, and mapping activity to MITRE ATT & CK to improve detections and security posture. Seeking a hands-on security analyst role focused on real-time monitoring, investigation, and proactive defense.Experience in working with other teams to provide support and assistance with security incidents. Strong communication skills, written and verbal.
Experience
Senior Cyber Threat Response Analyst
Apr 2022 — Present · US
Monitored and triaged security alerts using Splunk and Microsoft Defender.• Performed forensic investigations and incident response for emerging threats and advanced adversary operations• Executed containment, eradication, and recovery strategies across endpoint and Azure cloud infrastructure.• Transformed threat intelligence into actionable insights, driving detection engineering and adversary emulation based on validated TTPs.• Led proactive, hypothesis-driven hunts leveraging MITRE ATT & CK to uncover stealthy adversary behaviors and strengthen enterprise defenses.• Produced reports demonstrating hunt results, visibility gaps, and detection coverage (HMM-aligned).• Collaborated with IT, Cloud Security, and Identity teams to improve logging coverage, incident readiness, and data collection.
Education
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
Electrical Engineer
1994 — 1999
Central Piedmont Community College
Information Technology
2015 — 2015
Central Piedmont Community College
English as a Second Language ESL
2013 — 2015
Skills
- Structured Cabling
- System Administration
- Linux
- Data Center
- Microsoft Exchange
- Comptia Network+
- Bilingualism
- Cisco Systems Products
- Virtualization
- Computer Security
- Network Administration
- Epolicy Orchestrator
- Computer Repair
- Team Leadership
- Comptia a+ Certification
- Mcafee
- Windows Server
- Problem Solving
- Vmware
- Software Installation
- Team Motivation
- Dns
- Cisco Technologies
- Kvm Switches
- Tcp/Ip
- Work Under Minimal Supervision
- Bes Server
- Windows 7
- Database Administration
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